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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Payton Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes into the arena with In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Oswaldo Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Payton Wright!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wright throws a sloppy body shot
and Sanchez makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wright really felt that one!
Wright blocks a low kick nicely.
Wright moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
A lazy left from Sanchez finds it's target.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that misses.
Wright avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Wright fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wright does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wright checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wright looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wright.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Wright ducks under and follows up with a left that Wright also avoids with ease.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wright.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Wright slips the punch.
Wright explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sanchez lands a jab to Wright's midsection.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Wright moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sanchez tries to land a leg kick but Wright saw it coming and moves away.
Wright getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Wright scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wright.
Sanchez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wright. Wright obviously looking to wear him down.
Wright scores with a kick to the body.
Sanchez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wright slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Wright with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wright chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Sanchez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanchez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wright is out of range.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wright throws a one two combo.
Wright throws out a leg kick but Sanchez moves out of range and Wright only half commits.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wright will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wright moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Sanchez as the two fighters clinch.
Wright prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wright tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Wright works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Wright tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Wright back against the cage.
Wright pushes Sanchez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wright is looking to control Sanchez's arms but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wright has his back to the cage.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez scores with a shoulder strike.
Wright lands with a short shot to the head.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanchez tries to work over Wright's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wright misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanchezs head.
Wright tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Wright back against the cage.
Wright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wright tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Wright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Wright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wright blocks an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Wright misses with the head strike.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Wright manages to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Oswaldo Sanchez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Wright throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez scores with a three punch combo!
Sanchez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Oswaldo Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Wright does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wright cracks Sanchez with an open hand slap.
Wright is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Wright counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sanchez's knee momentarily.
Wright moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wright manages to avoid it.
Wright is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sanchez rather than just go for the knockout.
Wright finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wright.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Wright counters with a leg kick.
Wright keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wright is looking to chop away at Sanchez's legs.
Sanchez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wright backs up against the cage.
Wright ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wright displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Wright scores with a leg kick.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Wright.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wright.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Wright avoids it well.
No joy there for Wright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanchez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sanchez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wright - the referee stops the clock and Sanchez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wright. Sanchez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a leg kick
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wright.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wright.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
Wright throws a lazy right hand but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wright scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanchez takes a swing at Wright's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wright scores with a body shot.
Sanchez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright shoots in and drives through. Sanchez sprawls well.
Wright misses with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a jab-cross combination.
Wright throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
A jab from Wright misses.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
Sanchez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Wright ducks under and follows up with a left that Wright also avoids with ease.
Sanchez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wright tries to land a front kick but Sanchez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wright throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Payton Wright has been cut.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Wright's head but Wright sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wright scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Wright missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wright moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Wright lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wright wants to land a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wright, as that shot connected.
Wright throws a push kick but Sanchez slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Wright.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez swings for the body but Wright moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Oswaldo Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Payton Wright's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sanchez throws a body kick that misses.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wright is looking to slow Sanchez down with leg kicks.
Wright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Wright delivers a nice body kick.
Wright is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Wright.
Sanchez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wright shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanchez pinned against the cage. Sanchez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wright misses with a low kick.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Wright is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sanchez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice jab there from Sanchez.
Wright moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Wright throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A solid body kick from Wright.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez moves out of range as Wright strikes.
Wright connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wright misses with a right hand
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Wright's shoulder, as Wright tries to avoid the shot.
Wright takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Wright does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez moves out of range as Wright strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wright scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!
Wright buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Wright's shoulder, as Wright tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wright.
Wright motions for Sanchez to come forward. Wright throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wright walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez drives through with a takedown into Wright's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Wright working a defensive guard here.
Wright is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Payton Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Oswaldo Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez trying to control but Wright is working from the bottom.
Wright manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanchez manages to get himself to full guard.
Wright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Wright controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez is trying to keep Wright in close.
Wright wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Wright is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanchez has wrist control.
Wright throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wright connects with a couple of short punches.
Wright with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wright lands a couple of digs.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oswaldo Sanchez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanchez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oswaldo Sanchez!
In his post fight interview, Oswaldo Sanchez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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